I really do not want to wait for speakers to be shipped, So does Rat Shack
sell anything worth buying? I am headed there Friday and would like to get a
speaker if they have anything worth buying.
thanks
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Anthony B.www.mostlyrockets.com

"Anthony B." wrote in message
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I really do not want to wait for speakers to be shipped, So does Rat Shack
sell anything worth buying?

Ya know, some people will tell you they don't have _anything_ worth
buying. However...
I am headed there Friday and would like to get a
speaker if they have anything worth buying.
thanks

You've got three choices at RS in "communications" speakers. One is
a powered speaker which I haven't tried. The other two I have sitting right
here - one's about the usual size in these types of speakers, the other is
an itty-bitty cube, 2X2X2 inches. GeorgeF and I part ways here - I like the
little one and, unless I run across something substantially better at a
price I can swallow, I'm getting a couple more for the shack here. I have
some moderate hearing loss in one ear at the higher end of the freq
spectrum, and this speaker seems to hit that gap quite well.

^ ... the other is an itty-bitty cube, 2X2X2 inches.
^ I have some moderate hearing loss in one ear at the
^ higher end of the freq spectrum, and this speaker
^ seems to hit that gap quite well.

I've been looking at that speaker and wondering what it sounds like. It looks
like it would sound somewhat tinny -- because of it's size. Are you
suggesting that the high frequency sound is louder, or that it is reproduced
at a lower frequency?

^ ... the other is an itty-bitty cube, 2X2X2 inches.
^ I have some moderate hearing loss in one ear at the
^ higher end of the freq spectrum, and this speaker
^ seems to hit that gap quite well.

I've been looking at that speaker and wondering what it sounds like. It
looks
like it would sound somewhat tinny -- because of it's size. Are you
suggesting that the high frequency sound is louder, or that it is
reproduced
at a lower frequency?

I'm just suggesting it works better for me.... It's really
tweeter-sized, so it's going to reproduce higher-frequency sounds better. I
don't find it tinny, but I might be partially deaf in about that spot, too.
Me, I can hear the bass-end of the spectrum just fine - on equipment
I have that's adjustable, I'll have the bass adjusted to minimum and treble
to maximum.
Of course, for intelligible speech, you only need a tiny slice of
what you're capable of hearing overall, and this one works well for me.